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<h4 class="subsection">3.6.4 Input Section Description</h4>
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<p>The most common output section command is an input section description.
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<p>The input section description is the most basic linker script operation.
You use output sections to tell the linker how to lay out your program
in memory.  You use input section descriptions to tell the linker how to
map the input files into your memory layout.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Input-Section-Wildcards.html#Input-Section-Wildcards" accesskey="2">Input Section Wildcards</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Input section wildcard patterns
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Input-Section-Common.html#Input-Section-Common" accesskey="3">Input Section Common</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Input section for common symbols
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Input-Section-Example.html#Input-Section-Example" accesskey="5">Input Section Example</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Input section example
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